Clothes-line fastener.



" No. 698,992. Patented Apr. 29, I902.

J. n. MULLER.

CLOTHES LINE FASTENEB.

(Application filed July 22, 1901.)

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WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY 'No. 698,992. Patented Apr. '29, I902. J. D. MULLER.

GLOTHES LINE FASTENEB. (Application filed July 22, 1901.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2;

WITNESSES: L INVENTOR WMM' Jain flMaZZH' L ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN D. MULLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTH ES-LlNE FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 698,992, dated April 29, 1902.

Application filed July 22, 1901. Serial No. 69,293. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN D. MULLER, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Bronx borough, New. York-city, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Fasten ers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a fastener or grip by which a clothes-line can be readily tight-.

ened or slackened, as required; and the in- Vention resides in the novel features of construction set forth in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 shows the fastener applied to a line. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fastener on larger scale than in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows another form of fastener. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of Fig. 8.

The device comprises a shoulder with a loop and what may be called a catch portion.-

A wire a being suitably bent will form the eye or loop a and clamp or catch portion Q The shoulder is readily formed by a sleeve or' handle I).

A clothes-line comprising the ends 0 and c is shown with the end a secured or tied to loop a. The end 0 having its free end portion 0 passed through loop a and such free endportion being then slipped under the end- 0*, so as to lie between such end and the shoulder or end portion 19 of the sleeve 6, the pull or strain of the end 0 jamming or holding the free end portion against the shoulder, will prevent the slipping of the grip or slackening of the line. The hook or catch a being slipped over or made to engage the line portion 0 will hold such line and grip a b parallel or in alinement. The line-engaging loop a thus engages both line ends-the one permanently and the other detachablyfor tightening or slackening.

To free the grip, the catch a is freed and the handle b then given a half-turn or swing to bringthe' catch part a over to line portion 0. The free end portion is thus by the strain of the line portion 0 moved away from shoulder b and to the larger or expanding portion of loop a, so that the free end 0 can be slipped out of the loop or freed either for tightening or slacking or for mounting or (lismounting a line.

The line is shown running about pulleys, as usual. The wire a a when made of one piece forms a firm and durable structure, and the sleeve or shoulder-piece b formsa suitable handle for theswing or lever action when moving the fastening to gripping or releasing position. i In the construction shown in Fig. 3 the loop a is movably or slidingly arranged in the sleeve or block 12 and'the latter has a hole 17 through which the free line end 0 is slipped to be further jammed or held byloop a. When the latter is pulled outward in block b, the latter tapers toward one end, as at b, so that the end 0 of the line can be easily interposed getween the block and the line, as shown in The block or handle I) can of course be mad of any suitable material and of suitable shape or size.

What I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A grip or line-fastener comprising a handle having a shoulder and a loop and a catch, and a line having one end secured'to the loop and the other end engaged by the catch and passed through the loop, the free end of the line being passed between such other end and the shoulder substantially as described.

2. A grip or line-fastener comprising a bandle having a shoulder and an adjustable line engaging loop and a catch portion, said shoulder and catch portion being adapted for engagement by an end of the line and said loop and catch being adjustable within the shoul der-piece.

3. A grip or line -fastener comprising a shoulder-piece with an adjustable line-engaging loop and catch portion, said shoulderpiece being perforated for allowingthe line to be passed therethrough and through the loop substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

W. C. HAUFF,

E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

